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†/~-...... RAILS ......-~/†
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#¶#@†/~-.. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ..-~/†@#¶#
¶#@†/~-... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ...-~/†@#¶
#@†/~-.... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ....-~/†@#
@†/~-..... OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .....-~/†@
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/~-....... BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .......-~/
†/~-...... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ......-~/†
@†/~-..... THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .....-~/†@
#@†/~-.... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ....-~/†@#
¶#@†/~-... THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ...-~/†@#¶
#¶#@†/~-.. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ..-~/†@#¶#
##¶#@†/~-. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .-~/†@#¶##
#¶#@†/~-.. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ..-~/†@#¶#
¶#@†/~-... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. ...-~/†@#¶
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@†/~-..... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .....-~/†@
†/~-...... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ......-~/†
/~-....... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .......-~/
†/~-...... THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ......-~/†
@†/~-..... WATER. .....-~/†@
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¶#@†/~-... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ...-~/†@#¶
#¶#@†/~-.. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ..-~/†@#¶#
##¶#@†/~-. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .-~/†@#¶##
#¶#@†/~-.. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ..-~/†@#¶#
¶#@†/~-... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ...-~/†@#¶
#@†/~-.... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ....-~/†@#
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†/~-...... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ......-~/†
/~-....... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .......-~/
†/~-...... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ......-~/†
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#¶#@†/~-.. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. ..-~/†@#¶#
##¶#@†/~-. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .-~/†@#¶##
#¶#@†/~-.. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ..-~/†@#¶#
¶#@†/~-... IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ...-~/†@#¶
#@†/~-.... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ....-~/†@#
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